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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae)

Family Crambidae - Crambid Snout Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Pyralid moth Vagabond Crambus Moth - Agriphila vulgivagella Moth 3 - Diatraea Dusky Saucrobotys - Saucrobotys fumoferalis Diaphania hyalinata Urola nivalis - Snowy Urola Moth - Urola nivalis Moth Crambus pascuella - Crambus pascuellus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly a subfamily (Crambinae) of Pyralidae
BugGuide currently follows the classification shown at All-Leps (See discussion here). Jean-Francois Landry and Don Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada, and John Burns and Scott Miller of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History are curators of the list, with assistance from others named at the bottom of this page. The classification of moths is continuously under study, and further changes are inevitable.
Numbers
about 850 species in 9 subfamilies in North America listed at All-Leps
about 11,630 described species in 15 subfamilies in the world
Size
small to medium size: wingspan usually 10-35 mm
Identification
proboscis with scales at base; tympanal organs (ears) at base of abdomen ventrally and 'opened' anteriomedially (visible in anteriorly-angled lateral view)
Range
cosmopolitan
Habitat
in or on terrestrial or aquatic vegetation; one group lives only in nests of arboreal ants
Food
larvae are stem borers, root feeders, leaf tiers, leaf miners
Remarks
includes many economically important pest species
Internet References
family characteristics plus biology and references (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)
taxonomic classification including subfamilies and species numbers (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
The Crambidae of North America, PDF - Internet Archive
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 August, 2005 - 2:40pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 6 October, 2009 - 8:50pm

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